It all starts with a cup of hot tea and my laptop, already open to a fresh tab in the spreadsheet I use every year to plan our trip. I sit and take a sip of tea, excited to plan our adventures – but also bracing myself for what I call “the great RV trip…
I had planned on posting a travel log this week. What I actually have is a story about a trip that took a while to get off the ground, a plan that changed more than once, and a motorhome that made it clear we were going to learn a few things before we got very…
You’ve been traveling vicariously with us for a while, so we thought it was about time you officially met the crew. We’re not a polished, matching-outfits kind of travel team. We’re a little messier, a little louder, and a lot more real. Our miles are stitched together with spreadsheets, sketchbooks, squeaky toys, and the occasional…
Scroll through Instagram and you’d think every RV trip looks the same: golden sunsets, spotless rigs, kids in matching flannel holding mugs of cocoa. No one’s hair frizzy. No one’s dog muddy. And somehow, not a single bug bite in sight. But if you’ve ever actually taken a road trip, you know the truth. Real…
Located at the southern tip of Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York, Watkins Glen is a postcard-perfect village best known for its stunning gorge, waterfalls, and wine country charm. It’s the kind of place where you can hike a jaw-dropping trail in the morning, sip Riesling by the lake in the…
Every campground has its own soundtrack. Coffee percolating, kids chasing each other between picnic tables, the low hum of a generator, a dog or two announcing themselves to the world. (Okay, sometimes it’s one dog announcing herself every 30 seconds for two hours… looking at you, Ariel.) When you pull into a site, you’re not…
Oh hey, it’s me – Ariel. Your favorite road trip correspondent, campground security chief, snack inspector, and the actual reason this whole RV adventure works. The humans will tell you summer was all about “family time,” “adventure,” and “seeing new places,” but let’s be honest – it was about me.The trails? I walked them. The…
The last donut’s been devoured. The lawn chairs are folded. Ariel has patrolled the perimeter for squirrels one final time — and deemed it secure. Which means one thing: the RV season is officially winding down. There’s a particular ache in shutting the RV door for the last time in a while. It’s not dramatic…
Some trips are all about covering miles. Others are about slowing down and letting a place really sink in. Gettysburg was one of those. We rolled in from Somerset, PA, under a heat wave that seemed determined to follow us. The air felt thick enough to chew, but the history here – and the small-town…
Let’s be honest: this wasn’t the kind of trip that gets turned into a glossy postcard. It was hot. It was sticky. It was slow. And it was deeply, weirdly wonderful in the way that only settling in can be. We spent almost a full month in Ohio – starting with a prep week in…
